Scriabin’s early and early-middle period were hugely influenced by Liszt. Even Chopin’s etudes don’t quite approach the technical challenges or the artistic breadth of Liszt’s etude oeuvre, and I’d argue that the composers after him based not only their own etudes but many of their general pieces on the extra-musical inspiration trend and technical innovations of Liszt’s etudes. The Transcendental Etudes, Three Concert Etudes, and Two Concert Etudes took the etude, as a serious musical style, farther than anybody had up to that point. And how can we ignore the beauty of the Petrarch sonnet collections from the 2nd year Italie? Jeux D’eau a la Villa D’este & Au Bord D’un Source from the Annees de Pelerinage (especially the former for it’s harmonic language, whole tone scale usage, and novel techniques used to achieve the sound & effects) basically gave birth to one of the the styles that Ravel & Debussy would later use prominently in several of their compositions Ravel’s Jeux D’eau, Un Barque Sur L’Ocean, and Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit and Debussy’s Reflets Das L’eau would not have been possible without the breakthroughs Liszt had. How can we ignore the sheer beauty of that piece. Yet, it became one of the holy grail inspirations to nearly every composer after Liszt, inspired a generation of greats from Wagner to Rachmaninoff, and broke ground on new harmonic ideas and musical forms & structures that even the other great composers of his time hadn’t touched. ![]() The Sonata in B Minor was so revolutionary, it was barely understood by even the most progressive of Liszt’s contemporary fellow composers. He was definitely a God of performing - just not as good at composing. And as I mentioned: I acknowledge he’s widely respected as one of the best pianists of all time - quite probably the best. If I were to seek out sadness and depression I’d simply turn on Fox News!īut I do understand that no two people have the same taste in music, I just see La Campanella as Liszt’s masterpiece. I come to piano for melodies that foster solace, uplift, optimism, pleasure, and motivation. Rare other ones are Ben Fold’s Brick, and Eric Clapton’s Tears in heaven. The most funeral-worthy I can handle is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. Probably why I can’t stand Moonlight Sonata - 1st movement. ![]() Sometimes described as the saddest piece of music ever written in a major key. just don’t try to claim that he’s a reputable composer.Īnyone who could write Consolation no.3 is okay by me. A one-hit wonder and blatant plagiarist!.
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